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Geodata indicating the border of mountainous woodland. Parts of the Forestry Act only apply within the border of mountainous woodland. The border dictates, for example, whether a felling of forest must be notified, or a permit applied for with the Swedish Forestry Agency.
Description
The digitized boundary is suitable to use to get an overview of the area of mountainous woodland.
Parts of the Forestry Act only apply within the border of mountainous woodland. In mountainous woodland you have to apply for permission to harvest instead of notification of clear felling. It is important to remember that the digital border has no legal effect. It is the Swedish Forest Agency’s regulation, SKSFS 1991:3, Ordinance on the boundary for mountain woodland, which constitutes the legal documents that apply.
The boundary for mountainous woodland was drawn up in the early 1990s and is described in Swedish Forest Agency’s regulation, SKSFS 1991:3, Ordinance on the border for mountainous woodland. In 2018, an update was made with the aim of increasing location accuracy. Based on coordinates and descriptive texts, the boundary was quality assured along the entire extent. The boundary has been digitized based on coordinates from the regulation, the property map and historical map material. Where possible, the boundary is based on locations in the terrain and on the property map as the situation was in the early 90s.
The data set is an area within which the regulation applies.
Status: Current
Responsible: Swedish Forestry Agency
National specifications
National data product specification Boundary for mountain forest (in Swedish, pdf, new window)
Information exchange model (in Swedish, new window)
Questions and answers
Vilka åtgärder behöver du anmäla eller ansöka om? (in Swedish, www.skogsstyrelsen.se, new window)